The Artist Friendly Color Space: The HVC Color Composer presents a unique perceptual HVC (hue, value, and chroma) Color Space which is the natural, intuitive way artists and designers use color.

The Artist Friendly Color Space: The HVC Color Composer presents a unique perceptual HVC (hue, value, and chroma) Color Space which is the natural, intuitive way artists and designers use color.

Powerful correction filters to improve the quality of your images. Restore. Retouch. Remove. Repair.

Manufacturer: Alien Skin Software

MagicFrames 3000 features more than ready-made edges for images. Manage an unlimited number of layers of effects. Combine Actions, shadows, blurs, emboss, and gradients to create a very unique edge or create custom edges.

Features:

· thousands of frames and edges;

· library of frames with preview of 15 at a time for easy selection;

· compare up to four frames side by side;

· create a custom frame, edge, or border;

· works in RGB or RGB 16-bit images;

· add a shadow, an edge, or a texture with full support for undo; and

· easy to use.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

With MagicStyles get 500 effects for use with image or text and splatter or create tubes with natural elements.

Features:

· more than 500 ready made effects for headlines;

· a drawing application as a Plug-in to create circles, stars, and frames;

· flow text or warp text or paths -- perfect for creative headlines or illustrations;

· manage an unlimited number of layers of effects;

· draw a set of images along a path or a headline to create tubular effects, pseudo 3D effects, natural

crowns, and so on; and

· create custom effects with amazing results.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

For additional savings, check out the bundle: MagicTrack, MagicFrame, and ClassicFrames Bundle.

The MagicTrack Plug-in contains drawing tools and easy-to-use effects for all design and web-related projects. MagicTrack provides a full-fledged set of drawing and text-manipulation tools including text flow and text or path warping.

Drawing manipulations work on layers, and special effects can be applied to paths to create striking results quickly. These effects provide tubular, three-dimensional simulations and all kinds of realistic effects. An easy-to-use, advanced interface offers a large preview and unlimited zooming anywhere on the working area, at any level of detail in seconds. The effects stay live until the end, so changing one's mind is easy.

MagicTrack offers a huge library of effects -- more than 250 ship with the product. Users can choose among MagicTrack effects either by browsing up or down the thumbnail previews list (which is organized under several categories such as fill, earth, tubular, outline, and so on), or by selecting an effect from the alphabetical list. These effects may be combined together on the same layer or added independently to each layer. MagicTrack offers all kinds of tubular three-dimensional effects such as fire on text, natural flower, sprays, and more.

MagicTrack is the perfect tool for designers and artists for web pages or printed production. Used from within an image-editing application such as Adobe Photoshop, the newly created image can easily be uploaded to an internet-compatible JPEG or JPG. Hundreds of MagicTrack ready-to-apply effects give web pages a distinctive look.

MagicTrack provides special effects to enhance any type or clip art within Adobe Photoshop and the product supports TrueType fonts. Users can create and edit text and paths, and effects are applied inside and around types or paths for high-quality rendering. The text-warping feature is a must have for any designer to add creativity to logos and headlines. The warping effects MagicTrack allows cannot be achieved with illustration packages currently on the market. The Plug-in provides designers hundreds of fresh, new styles to turn a simple title, banner, or button into an eye-catching illustration.

MagicTrack has a build effect command which allows users to tune any parameter of the effect such as changing a shadow, adding a stroke or a fill, changing the image sprayed along a path, hue, saturation, value, opacity, and more. Any new custom effect can be saved and integrated to the current library for future use.

MagicTrack ships on CD-ROM and includes a royalty-free library of 120 high-resolution, drum-scanned images, and more than 400 seamless tiles.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

Mask Pro 4.1 allows you to mask out objects that you simply cannot with Photoshop alone. Cut out complex objects like hair, clouds, glass or a wedding veil in real-time with no jaggies or halos so your masks look realistic and life-like.

OttoPaths, a selection Plug-in, provides vector tools to quickly build gorgeous designs blending artwork and images. Warped headlines are now just one click away.

Create paths and shapes, and flow and warp text without leaving Photoshop or Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Create text and objects, flow text along a curve, put a photo inside a rectangle, add a border, or import and manipulate artwork without leaving Photoshop.

Features:

· create and flow text along paths or curves at any angle;

· use text as clipping paths (Type 1 or TrueType on Macintosh, or TrueType on Windows);

· flip, rotate, resize, warp, and distort paths and text;

· use 40 different warping envelopes;

· create rectangles with radius corners, stars, polygons, circles, grids, and frames;

· step and repeat; or

· render as a new path or new selection with anti-aliasing or a new layer.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

A bundle of Page Curl Pro and Puzzle Pro. See individual product listings for complete feature descriptions.

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Manufacturer: Av. Bros.

Alien Skin Software's Photo Bundle helps your photography look natural, not digital, with simple controls that harness cutting edge research.

Manufacturer: Alien Skin

Photo-Light is a collection of more than 100 ready-made light effects for images.

Version 2.0 Features:

· more than 200 ready-made effects;

· unlimited layers of effects; and

· no Actions needed, it is a Plug-in.

Features:

· manage an unlimited number of layers of effects;

· combine actions, shadows, blurs, and gradients to create a very unique new light;

· includes a shape database so the user can easily cast a light source (e.g., spot, halo, blinds, grids, and so on);

· natural effects use the background for natural displacement;

· user-definable light for amazing results; and

· easy to use.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

PhotoFixLens 2.0 is a Plug-In for all applications on Windows or MacOS 9 and native for OS X that support Photoshop Plug-ins. PhotoFixLens will correct all sorts of wide-angle distortions, such as pin cushion and barrel.

Barrel distortion is associated with wide angle (or minimal zoom) lenses and causes the images to appear spherical (curved outward). It is most noticeable when straight edges appear near the side of the image. Conversely, the pincushion distortion is associated with telephoto lenses (or maximum zoom) and causes the images to appear pinched (bent inward) toward the center. The pincushion effect is often less noticeable than barreling.

Most digital and compact-film cameras suffer from these types of distortions, especially when a wide-angle lens is used. Most consumer digital cameras have unacceptable lens distortions which shows disturbingly often on architectural and similar shots. PhotoFixLens eliminates wide-angle distortions.

New features:

· correct perspective distortion; and

· additional tools eliminates lens vignetting and fringing effects.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

Add the perfect finishing touch to your images with PhotoFrame 4.5 Professional Edition. It features over a thousand design elements like film edges, borders, textures, backgrounds and adornments. It even has complete layouts where you just drop your image in and you are done.

PhotoFrame 4 Standard Edition really puts you into the digital darkroom. It is now easier than ever to add realistic film and darkroom edge effects to your images. You can also add artistic edges like torn paper, brush strokes or even create full-on layouts with backgrounds, textures and adornments. Add the perfect finishing touch to your images with a library of professionally created edge effects and design elements allowing you to create an infinite number of effects that really make your images stand out.

Create amazing mosaic, patchwork, and weave effects with PhotoPatch for Windows.

Features:

· 200 ready-made mosaic, patchwork, and weave effects for images

· create and record settings for custom effects;

· create effects impossible to achieve with any other methods;

· use any image as a basic spray for a new mosaic effect;

· use any mosaic, patchwork, and weave effects through masks to create dramatic frames; and

· easy to use.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

Create fabrics, patterns, and wallpaper with PhotoRepeat.

Features:

· up to 12 X 12 tiles per layer;

· unlimited number of layers;

· cascading repetitions, rotations, super impositions, skewing, horizontal or vertical image inversions, and more;

· use any image as the base pattern and the image may include a stencil for more intricate repeats;

· create a basic style and use it on different images over and over;

· use Alpha channels as stencils for sophisticated designs;

· cascade and repeat in a snap;

· save and recall effects;

· includes fabric and pattern templates;

· create multiple layers of image repeats; and

· works as a Plug-in, no Actions are needed.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

The onOne Plug-In Suite 5 includes 6 award-winning programs to help solve the six most common problems photographers face in Photoshop. But don't just take our word for it -- American Photo Magazine awarded the Plug-in Suite their Editor's Choice award for Top Image Editing Software and the professional photographers who read Studio Photography voted the Plug-In Suite the best plug-in for Photoshop in their Reader's Choice Awards.

PhotoSpray offers the ability to spray pictures on top of any RGB photos or layers. This new method of painting lets users brush sets of images on top of any photo, and brushes can be adjusted through a variety of parameters: XY resizing, shadow strength, Hue Saturation Value, opacity, or arithmetic mode. This spray brush is ideal for photorealistic painting. A very important tool for all landscapers, architects, or multimedia designers.

PhotoSpray starts with sprays that are a collection of images which are painted at each brush stroke. PhotoSpray has the most sophisticated controls of its kind. The user sprays various images along a grid on the image.

Using the directional mode, the spray follows the brush and with each stroke a new image is projected to the desktop. The user is free to change the speed, opacity, and spacing anytime.

Using the spray mode, the brush scatters sprayed images randomly and according to the selected brush size. This is an ideal mode for creating photorealistic textures and building natural-looking backgrounds from scratch. At any time, the user can change the size of the spray, adjust the Hue Saturation Value settings, opacity, spacing, or number of simultaneous strokes.

In orbit mode, PhotoSpray automatically brushes images according to predefined circular patterns. Users can change the radius, number of repeat, or strokes. It is also possible to assign a rotation speed to the brush, or let it grow or pulse automatically. This mode is ideal for creating breathtaking pattern effects. All parameters can be stored as presets, and PhotoSpray comes with dozens of ready-to-use presets. From the presets the user can create water, fire, clouds, or add fruits and candies.

PhotoSpray is the most-advanced sprayer of its kind because it offers many more controls. The user can create amazing new airbrush effects in a few clicks.

Features:

· control the shadow strength below individual items (an essential feature for a natural look);

· independent XY resizing enabling the user to add perspective simulation (leaves on the floor, grapes along a wall);

· integrated Hue Saturation Value adjustments;

· out of one spray, create limitless variations and new terrific airbrush effects;

· easily save and add effects to a library;

· adjustable dabs, opacity, an orbital mode;

· converts nozzles to sprays, ready to be used by PhotoSpray;

· sprays are TIFF files;

· easy to create unique textures and natural-looking effects;

· ideal for anyone wishing to paint using natural-looking sprays;

· ships with a collection of more than 50 realistic sprays including plants, flowers, leaves, trees, bushes, rocks, clouds, geometrical objects, balls, and more;

· carefully selected images are all natural, silhouetted with shadows; and

· includes a total of more than 50 individual items. Volumes 2, 3, and 4 each contain an additional 100+ Sprayettes.

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Manufacturer: Human Software Company Inc., The

PhotoSurface v3 includes 300 ready-made textures for applying to images.

PhotoTools 2.5 is the fastest way to add a professional look to your photos
Includes hundreds of high-quality photographic effects from industry professionals

· Quickly and easily add effects to your photos in Photoshop, Lightroom or Aperture

· Perfect for portrait and wedding photographers